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Literature

Cardboard Faces

CARDBOARD FACES By John Paul Dodds I'm standing in a field of Cardboard People, Like movie-star cut-outs; Blank eyes, glazed smiles. My words fall on them unheard, unheeded, like tears in a rainstorm. Cardboard ears are deaf to me. My cries for help lost in the sound of their laughter, inane, insane; delights of a consciousness paper-thin. But I'm not the only one. Alone in the crowd; screaming, unheard. Laughter's echo but a cacophony of screams Melding together, a mirror image of happiness Pain buried deep; loss, loneliness, despair The notes come together into something that mimics joy but contains none, Hidden behind painted cardboar